Improvement in turbine water-wheels



il eine aient @Wire JEREMIAH BARNEY, OF PERRYS MILLS, NEW YORK.

ILctters Patent No. 92,510, dated July 13. 1869.

IMPROVEMENT INTUBBINE WATER-WHEELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and'making part of the same.

.To all whom it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH BARNEY, of Perrys Mills, in the county of Clinton, and State of' New York, have invented a new and improved Water- Wheel; and I do'hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompany the propulsion of the wheel, to a greater extent than is possible with water-wheels constructed in the ordinary manner; and

It' consists in tbe construction and combination of the various parts of the wheel as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the shaft, to which the drum or wheel B is securely attached. A

The upper head of the drum vor wheel, B projects beyond the buckets, as shown in iig. 1.

The lower part of the wheel B is encasedwith a casing, C, which is 'connected' with thelower end of the shaft A and of the wheel B, so asta revolve with, and be a part ofthe said wheel.

The upper edge of the casing C is providedv with a flange, projecting outward, so that its outer edge may be even with-the outer edge of the upper end or head of the wheel B, thus forming a circular channel around the upper part of the said wheel, through which the water may be introduced to the buckets D.

Theupper parts of the buckets D-are made vertical, and project further than their lower parts, so as to enter the channel between theprojecting edge of the head of the wheel B and the projecting flange of the casing O, asshown in iig. 1.

The lower parts of the buckets D descendspirally along the face ofthe drum or Wheel B, being inclined toward the direction `from which the water owsinto the wheel. i

E is the spout or flume, through which the water liows to the buckets D, through the space between the head of the wheel B andthe flange ofthe casing C.

The spout E is so arranged that4 the water, as it iiows from said spout, may strike squarely against the .upper or vertical parts of the buckets D, so as to util -ize the entire projectile force orhead of the water.

As the projectile force of the water diminishes, it gradually'yields to the attraction of gravity, and, as the'resultant of these two forces, it acts upon the inclined orspiral parts of the bucket D, as it descends along said buckets, thus utilizing both the projectile force and the weight of 'the water for the propulsion of the ywheel.

F is a stationary casing, attached to and supported by the end of the spout E, and which passes around the outer projecting-edge of the Iupper head of the wheel B, and around the outer projecting-edge ofthe flange of the casing G,'so as toentirely. enclose the channel or space through which the upper parts otthe buckets D move, and through which the water is introduced to the said buckets, entirely preventing the escape of the water through the upper part of the wheel.

Having thus described my invention,

4I claini as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The buckets D, constructed as described, with their upper portions vertical, and their lower portions extending .spirally downward, the.- former projecting 

